Oakland Athletics Virtual Press
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
O AKLAND A THLETICS Post Game Notes Oakland Athletics Baseball Company7000 Coliseum WayOakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900www.athletics.comA’s PR on Twitter @AsMediaAlerts OAKLAND ATHLETICS (50-64) VS. SEATTLE MARINERS (59-56) WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2017 — OAKLAND COLISEUM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Seattle 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 8 0 Oakland 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 Win: Emilio Pagan (1-2) Loss: Jharel Cotton (5-9) Save: Edwin Diaz (25) OAKLAND NOTES SEATTLE NOTES • Matt Joyce (2-for-5, 2 r, 1 rbi, 1 so, 1 hr) hit his third lead off • Nelson Cruz (2-for-4, 2 r, 3 rbi, so, 2 hr) hit a two-run home home run of the season and the seventh of his career (last: run in the third inning, setting the Mariner record for most 7/22 at New York-NL). RBI against the A’s in a single season with 22 (previous: 19 RBI by Edgar Martinez (2001), Adrian Beltre (2007), Darnell (6.0 ip, 8 h, 6 r, 6 er, 1 bb, 4 so, 3 hr) allowed • Jharel Cotton Coles (1989)). three home runs today...he has now allowed multiple home runs in seven of his 17 starts this season. • Cruz recorded his second multi-home run game of the sea- son (other: 8/6 at Kansas City). • Cotton’s three home runs allowed matches his career high (other: 5/9 vs. Los Angeles-AL). • Jarrod Dyson (1-for-3, bb) extended his hitting streak to five games with a single in the first inning. • A’s pitchers allowed two stolen bases today and how have 84 stolen bases against this season...entering today, they were • The Mariners’ bullpen pitched 9.2 scoreless innings this se- second in the American League in this category behind the ries. Chicago White Sox. • Emilio Pagan (2.2 ip, 1 h, 2 so) picked up his first major HOME RUNS league win. Player Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher HOME RUNS Matt Joyce (15) 1 2-0 1 CF Gallardo Khris Davis (31) 3 0-1 1 RF Gallardo Player Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Kyle Seager (17) 1 1-2 3 RF Cotton Nelson Cruz (25) 3 3-1 2 LF Cotton Nelson Cruz (26) 5 2-1 1 CF Cotton Time of Game................................................2:58 Streak..................................................................L2 vs. RHS/LHS........................................37-48/13-16 First Pitch...................................................12:37 pm Homestand.......................................................0-2 August...............................................................3-5 Temperature........................................63 degrees Last 5...............................................................2-3 Today’s Attendance....................................14,989 Last 10.............................................................5-5 Attendance Total....................................1,118,978 Home/Road........................................31-27/19-37 Average (58 games)...................................19,293 Day/Night.................................................22-22/28-42.